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OSHA HAZWOPER 40-Hour Course

OSHA HAZWOPER 40-Hour Course

Course Overview

The OSHA HAZWOPER 40-Hour Course provides training for workers, managers and supervisors working at a hazardous waste operations and emergency response (HAZWOPER) sites. OSHA considers training an important component for maintaining job site safety. Workers involved with removing toxic, flammable or corrosive substances, who are likely to be exposed to hazardous substances and site health hazards, must receive 40 hours of off-site HAZWOPER training.

This course is intended to meet initial training requirements found in OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.120 for general site workers who participate in hazardous waste operations, where they may be exposed to hazardous substances and health hazards.

NOTE: Students must also obtain additional site-specific training, along with three days of actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained experienced supervisor.

In addition, on-site supervisors and managers may use this training to fulfill the 40-hour component of their training requirements.

Upon successful completion of the course, each student will receive a ClickSafety Certificate of Completion that provides the 4.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and 40 Contact Hours received for this course. ClickSafety is an authorized provider of IACET CEUs.

Intended Audience

The ClickSafety HAZWOPER 40-Hour online course meets the classroom training requirements for workers, managers and supervisors who participate in hazardous waste operations where they may be exposed to hazardous substances and health hazards, specifically:

General site workers involved with removing toxic, flammable or corrosive substances who are likely to be exposed to hazardous substances and site health hazards over permissible and published exposure limits and who are required to wear respirators on the job site

On-site supervisors and managers who are in charge of general site workers engaged in hazardous waste operations should take this course to fulfill the 40-hour OSHA training

Note: Paragraph (e)(4) has additional training requirements for managers and supervisors beyond the 40 hours of training provided in this course.

Learning Objectives

Following this training the student should be able to identify important principles with regard to:

Contents of the OSHA Hazwoper standard, including the standard’s five appendices

Site safety and health programs, such as a site-specific safety and health plan and a medical surveillance program

Identifying, evaluating, and controlling the five major categories of hazards at a Hazwoper site: chemical health, chemical physical, physical safety, biological and ergonomic hazards